Disclaimer: These characters are not mine. They belong to the wonderful Romiko
Takahashi and her licensees (Viz Communications in North America). This work is
strictly for the non-profit enjoyment of fans. No copyright infringement is intended.
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Author’s pre-note: Hello, just wanted to give little warning. In this chapter there is some
fowl language. Also this chapter has a guest writer, my friend Erika, who’s credited with
getting me into Ranma ½. I was having difficulty writing the fight scene, so she help me
out A LOT! Thanks Erika J
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Chapter 12: Gaea wakens
by RJ
"THIS IS COMPLETE BULLSHIT!!! AHHH!!" Vigor yelled smashing a solid oak
table into toothpicks. "I CAN BELIEVE IT!!!"
"It’s all right darling, we will figure out something." Sparka said trying to calm the enraged
Vigor.
"GRRRRRAAAAAHHHH!!!" He yelled again sitting down next to Sparka.
She started to rub his back, trying to relieve tension. Vigor was staring at his hand.
here were burn marks all in the inside of his palm.
"Why? Why couldn’t I get it off of her?" He asked himself.
Footsteps could be heard from behind Vigor and Sparka. "I bet your wondering why you
couldn’t get it off of her." Benald said.
Vigor turned his head and sneered at Benald, "What are you talking about old man?"
"Ohh just a little theory of mine." He said nonchalantly.
Vigor shot up and grab him by the collar, "What theory!" He yelled with eyes glowing.
"Umm, you’re wrinkling the shirt."
"Hummp" He huff, letting go of his collar. "Well." he said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well, I as I figure the Head Piece wouldn’t let you."
"What the hell are you talking about?" he sneered
"You see, she is a telepath, right? Last of her lineage, except for her dear Uncle. Probably
very powerful if trained properly."
"What’s your point?" Sparka joined in.
"Well, she wouldn’t let you, her subconscious would allow it. That’s it."
"That’s it?" raising his eyebrows at Benald
"Yes."
"So how is THAT supposed to help me get the Triune power!" He yelled turning his back
on Benald.
"She’ll have to give voluntarily."
"That’s crazy, she’ll never give it." Sparka said.
Vigor began to grin, "What if she had no choice?"
"What?" She asked.
"The Head Piece or death. The goddess Hecate hasn’t received a offering in a while."
"Not since your father did it last." Sparka said.
"Well then, we can’t lose. Either she gives up the Head Piece or I’ll pry it off her cold
dead corpse." He said with a grin.
"Ohh I like that, a sacrifice. That should be great." She said walking close to him and
giving him a kiss.
"Yess. Where is my bother?"
"Oh that hemorrhoid, I believe he is playing with his new toy."
"Get Jove’s daughter and bring my brother and his Quest to the shrine."
"fine." She pulled away from him and left the room.
"I’ll meet you there." He said as she left.
Kayko was in pain, her hands and feet were tied behind her back, there was a
noose around her neck. If she tried to struggle she would strangle herself. She was
blindfolded and gagged. Because of this she couldn’t concentrate on the ropes to untie
them. She was too weak to try to pull herself through Ranma’s mind. She had nothing
left. She was laying on the cold floor and scared to death. Then there was a sound of a
door opening. She listened carefully. She tried not to move, but if wasn’t working she
was shaking.
"Well hello, did we have a pleasant nap?" A female voice asked her.
"Mummmmummm!" Kayko tried to yell and curse, but it was just muffled by the gag.
Then she heard, the sound of metal clashing with something. "Pretty sound this makes
when I tap it on floor. Clink, clink, almost like chimes." Sparka brought the blade of the
dagger she held to Kayko face. Kayko could feel the dull side graze her cheek, gliding
down towards her neck. She would not let her see her cry. She wouldn’t give her the
pleasure. No, she didn’t feel the cold hard blade against her neck, but the noose
around her neck gave way. The ropes around her feet were loosen slightly, enough for
her to walk. Still blindfolded, gagged and hands tied, she was lifted to her feet and
commanded to walk forward. She thought to herself "Where hell is she taking me."
"Hold on one second, deary, I have to make a pit stop."
Sparka popped her head in the door and rolled her eyes. Qué Beck was running around
that purple haired bimbo, teasing her.
"Aiyah!" She yelled. "Face Shampoo with no running around!"
"Heheheh, can’t get me! Can’t get me!"
"AIYAH!" she yelled again, but it was no use so couldn’t get a clear shot, he was moving
to quick.
"HEY! Moron!" Sparka yelled to him.
"Umm." He stopped. "Why hello Sparky." He said dogging Shampoo’s attacks with ease.
"Don’t call me Sparky." She sneered. "Vigor wants you. And make sure you put a
lease on your new toy. We wouldn’t want to leave her alone or making any trouble. "
"Ok, give me a second." With that his movements were mere blurs. A second later
Shampoo’s hands were chained behind her back and her feet had shackles on them.
"Isn’t that a little much?" Sparka asked.
"No, she broke out of the rope. Reinforced chains seem to do the trick."
"Whatever, let’s go."
Shampoo was led out of the room. It was hard for her walk normal because of the
shackles. She looked around and saw Kayko tied up like her, expect she was tied with
rope. Her eyes cover and mouth gagged, Shampoo gasped at the site.
"Why you do this!" she yelled struggling against the chains.
"Oh don’t worry your pretty little head of it." Qué Beck said petting her on the head.
Shampoo just growled at him.
Kayko could feel the anger and frustration with in her. She also could tell Shampoo was
afraid, but not for herself, for her. Shampoo was concerned about Kayko. Who could
blame her, after seeing her tied and gagged like that.
"Ranma come, come and save Shampoo and cousin." Shampoo thought to herself as
they were walking.
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"HOLY SHIT! This is cool as hell!" Yelled Ranma.
Everyone was sitting on an wooden toboggan gliding over the terrain as if it was nothing.
Aeolus was in behind everyone with his back turned. Using his power, the power of wind
he pushed the group forward. Lee was in the front using his power to cover the path they
were traveling with ice.
"How much farther!" Ukyou yelled over the rushing air currents.
"About five minutes!" Incendia yelled back.
"Hey there Ryoga you’re looking a little green around the snout!" Ranma yelled to Ryoga.
"RANMA SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"
"Ranma stop picking on poor Ryoga!" Akane yelled, hitting Ranma over the head.
The toboggan started to slow down as they approached the Onex Kingdom’s castle.
They looked at the castle with awe. It was huge, why would it be small, thought Ranma.
This guy is power hungry and so was his father, of course their castle would be huge.
"How in hell are we going to be able to find them?" Ukyou said grabbing her battle
spatula.
"How are going to be to find my beautiful Shampoo!" Mousse yelled.
"Shhh! You idiot. Do you want all the guards to hear you." Incendia scolded.
Everyone got off the toboggan. Ranma stared up at the castle, while the others tried to
figure out how to find them.
"Ranma." Said a voice within Ranma head.
"Huh?" he Question. "Kayko? Is that you?"
"Yes…I’m." She tried to say.
Ranma couldn’t hear over the arguing form the other.
"Hey shut up will ya." Ranma said to them.
"Huh?" everyone Questioned, looking at Ranma who had his eyes closed concentrating.
"Kayko where are you?" He asked.
"I’m not sure where I am, just follow my voice till it gets louder."
"Okay. Is Shampoo with you?"
"Yes she is fine."
Okay we’re on our way.
"What did she say. Anything about Shampoo?" Mousse asked nervously
"She said she’s fine, but she doesn’t know where they are.
"Hey how did she talk to you. I thought she could only do feelings and stuff." Akane asked.
"I don’t know, let me ask. Ummm…Kayko?"
"Yes Ranma?"
"How come I can hear you and talk to you, I thought you couldn’t do this kind of stuff."
"Because we are still connected when I joined with you in your mind."
"Oh."
"Well, what did she say?" Asked Akane.
"It’s because we are still connected. She says we have to follow her voice till it get louder in
order to find them."
"I hope this works." Akane said.
"Yeah me too, let’s go." Ranma answered back.
They entered the castle. Avoiding guards where they could, fighting them when they
had to. All times keeping a low profile. They didn’t need to alert Vigor to there presence.
"Ranma, I feel three new persons, one wise with age, one intelligent and the other a fighters
spirit. I also feel extreme power."
"Yeah, your feeling King Aeolus, Lee and Incendia from the Kingdom of Elementria.
They’re found us when we got here and explained everything. They’re here to help."
"Kayko we’re not going up the castle, we are moving down. It very dark and musty."
"I don’t know what to tell you. I can’t see, they have me blindfolded, but I can smell how
musty it is.
The passage way they were traveling was one that wasn’t used often. The cobwebs
said that. The distance drops of water hitting the floor was making Ryoga nervous. He
didn’t like it down here. And there were to many passage ways that split. He almost lost
the group three times, if it wasn’t for Ukyou dragging him back in the right direction.
"Where the hell are we going? It seems like we have been walking forever." Asked
Incendia.
"Actually it’s been forty-five minutes since we entered the castle." Said Ukyou.
"Are you kidding?" Ryoga asked.
"Of course not!" She snapped back.
"Shhh." The King hushed them.
Ranma heard something, that wasn’t Kayko but another voice.
"Hello my pretty princess. How are you?" the voice said.
"Whoa! Bright!" Kayko yelled in Ranma’s head.
"What? What is going on?" He yelled back to her.
"He took the blind fold off of me. I’m in a big room."
"A throne room?"
"No I don’t think so, there isn’t any thrones but…but."
"Kayko? Kayko!" He yelled in his head."
Akane could see that something was happening. "Ranma what’s happening?" She asked him.
No answer, he was concentrating.
"Ranma it’s an alter." She spoke with fear to him.
"Just keep talking. We’ll get there."
"Come on guys we got to hurry."
The Shrine
Vigor was pacing throughout the room. He kept making sure he had the Staff
and Ring. Soon, soon he will have the Triune Power. He watched as Sparka emerged
with his brother and there guests. Benald was in the corner of the room. Both he and
Vigor watched the one with purple hair.
"I can see why my brother wanted her." Vigor thought.
He walked over to Sparka and gave her a slight peck on the cheek and took the dagger
from her. She look disappointed. His attention was on Kayko. He walked over and slyly
spoke "Hello my pretty princess. How are you?" As he pulled the blindfold off of her.
Kayko filched back with sudden brightness of the room. When her eyes adjusted she
gave Vigor a dirty look and growled at him under the gag. She took her glare away
from Vigor and looked around. She was in a fairly big room. The entire room was covered
in reflected crystals, from floor to the ceiling. It was quite beautiful. There was huge
round stain glass window in the ceiling. Directly underneath was a table. No! It’s an alter!"
"Isn’t this a lovely place. It is the Shrine to the gods. Since this is your first time visiting
your homeworld, let me give you a little history. Gaea, our homeworld. She is also the
goddess of the earth, but she hasn’t shown her face around for sometime. I’ll say a good
three hundred years. "Wouldn’t you agree Benald?"
"Yes my lord, I’ll say that’s about right." He said giving a slight bow.
"Well she may have abandoned her own namesake world, but we do have other gods
and goddess. Tonight you have a choice."
"Sparka, Qué Beck, place her on the alter." Vigor commanded.
Kayko tried to struggle but the two of them were over powering her. Plus her feet and
hands were stilled tied. They pushed her down on the crystal alter. While Qué Beck
held her, Sparka cut the ropes and place one wrist in a shackle and the repeated until
both hand and feet where shackled to the alter. The alter then began to move. The
bottom, where her feet where, started to descend towards the floor. The top moved
towards the ceiling. She was now on a slight angle, almost standing if she wasn’t attacked
to the alter.
"Now for your choice." He said walking over to her. Cutting away the gag over her
mouth. "You can either willingly give me the Head Piece on that pretty little head of yours
or be the next offering to the goddess of the moon, Hecate. I’m sure she would like your
blood, Royal Telepath blood is so hard to come by now a days." He said with a smirk
taunting her with the dagger, letting the light bounce off its sharp blade.
Kayko closed her eyes. "Ranma, please hurry! Please hurry!"
"Hey are you listening to me!" yelled Vigor. "What’s it going to be."
Kayko opened her eyes and sneered at Vigor. "Fuck you." She said low.
"Oh what language form a princess. You didn’t answer the Question. The Head Piece
or death?"
"I will never give you it to you."
"Well isn’t that a shame." Vigor grabbed Kayko by the neck and started to squeeze.
"You stop this!" Yelled Shampoo.
Vigor turned his head and snapped at Qué Beck, "Silence your woman or I’ll do it for you!"
Qué Beck nodded and in a flash of light, a gag was over Shampoo’s mouth.
Kayko was starting to black out. She couldn’t breath. "Ranma! Please……help…me!"
"KAYKO!" Ranma yelled as he and the rest of the gang bursted into the Shrine to the gods
All heads snapped back to see the intruders. Shampoo eyes lit up when she saw Ranma.
"Ranma come save us." She thought.
Vigor didn’t stop. He held his grip, took the dagger and brought to her. In one quick
motion he sliced her neck. Kayko’s body started to quiver. Her head flopped to the side,
allowing the blood to pour out, flowing down through a long grove in the alter, to a crystal
bowl underneath. She was grasping for air, trying to say something but couldn’t. Her
eyes were open and tearing.
"R…a….n…..m….a…." Ranma heard, but then nothing.
Ranma roared, "NOOOOOO!"
"Yes!" Vigor yelled. He reached out and took a hold of the Head Piece and removed it
from Kayko’s lifeless head. In his hand he held it above him letting the power engulf him.
"I have done it!" He yelled.
Ranma took a battle stance and yelled. "How! How could you kill her! YOU BASTARD!"
"Please, Ranma is it? Like I was going to waste time talking or killing her so you and your
little friends could come to the rescue right at the nick of time. I don’t think so. What do
you think this is a cartoon show? Well, well, well." He said looking at Aeolus, Lee and
Incendia. Looks like ¾ of Elementria’s Royalty is here. Saves me a trip. Thank you so
much." He mockingly bowed.
"HAHAAAHAAA!" Laughed a female disembodied voice.
"I thank you Vigor, I haven’t had an offering in a while, and even a blood one. Thy must
think me special."
Out of thin air, smoke started to appear forming into a shape of a women. After the
smoke disappeared completely a women laid in the air with her hand holding her head
and her elbow on a table, if there was one in mid air. Her skin was of a pale gray with deep
gray eyes, her long sliver dress sparkled which matched her silver hair which sparkled
against the crystal walls.
"Why Hecate, how nice of you to join us." Vigor spoke to goddess.
"Ew, had nothing better to do. The moon gets ever so boring. Playing with humans is
much more fun. Continue." She replied waving her hand.
"HEY FREAK BOY! Why! Why did you kill her!" Lee shouted to Vigor.
"My dear boy, we just went over that, weren’t you paying attention."
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!" Lee yelled shooting out an extremely powerful blast of water from his
hands.
Vigor’s hands started to glow, he used his power to block to incoming water and force it
shooting up breaking the stain glass window into a million pieces.
Everyone was in shock. No one seem to notice Shampoo cuffed and shackled, until
Mousse yelled. "SHAMPOOO!" He jump up and began attacking Qué Beck. In fact,
everyone started to attack. They did have an advantage since there were more of them
to fight against Vigor. But as luck would have it, for Vigor that is, his four shape shifting
lackeys came charging in. The oracle Janja followed.
"Now this is getting good." Hecate said watching the turn of events unfold.
Now everyone was fighting, except for the gazing Hecate, Janja and one of the
shape shifters? Canon stared at the mess of people fighting in front of him. "What the
hell? Janja, it wasn’t supposed to go this far." The shaped shifter Questioned.
"Well…ummm?" Janja couldn’t respond.
Canon scanned the room and spotted bleeding body of Kayko.
"Holy….shit!" Canon ran towards the body, Janja followed. He looked at Kayko’s body
and turned to Janja with pleading eyes. "This wasn’t supposed to happen."
"Well how are you Janja dear?" Asked a smirking Hecate.
Janja looked up at the floating goddess. "What are you doing here?"
Why enjoying the show. And what a grand o’l show it is!" She shouted raising her hands
over her head.
"This wasn’t in my reading, Ranma was supposed to get here before he was going to kill
her."
"Circumstance is a bitch, wouldn’t you say."
"What do you mean?" Janja asked the moon goddess.
"Do you think I would let Gaea’s goodie-two-shoes win out. What fun is that?"
"You mean…you allowed this?" Canon asked.
"Well look who finally caught up. Of course, every one always worshipped Gaea, Gaea
this, Gaea that, I was getting sick of it. Once Vigor learns how to control the Triune
power, then this world will be mine. How ironic that the power she allowed is my sister’s
undoing."
"NO!" Canon leaped at Hecate transforming his arms into swords, but she merely batted
him away, knocking him unconscious.
"H…o…w…how could you…" Janja stuttered turning her eyes away from the goddess.
"Oh please, stop with the dramatics, but like you can do anything about. I mean being a
passive oracle and everything."
Janja just dropped to her knees, closed her eyes and began chanting.
"HO HUM," Hecate yawned, "Like that’s going to do anything."
Ranma was furious. He was fighting as hard as possible, but his attacks weren’t getting
through. Lee was helping but mostly he has been using water attacks, which caused
Ranma to change sex at least three times already.
"Hey Lee! If you are gonna use water, keep it at luke warm will ya!" Ranma yelled.
"I’ll try!" He yelled back.
Ranma kept trying to land a decent hit on Vigor as Lee distracted him. However, this guy
was good, he taking on Ranma and Lee as if they were nothing. Ranma decided to try to
attack from a different angle. He faked right, then left and went in for the kill. He did a
flying kick for Vigor’s throat.
Out of the corner of his eye, Vigor saw a red blur come flying towards him. Using
his left hand he batted away the annoying Lee and with his right he blocked Ranma’s
kick, grabbed his leg and throw him, causing Ranma to zone out.
Sparka was truly testing her opponent’s agility. Ukyou was in constant movement,
trying to avoid the electricity that came forth from the woman’s hands. Ukyou realized
straight off that this was an enemy that was not to be taken lightly, or get too close to for
that matter. The okonomiyaki chef kept on Sparka with her mini spatulas and explosive
okonomiyaki mixture. Once in a while she would get close enough to the scantly dressed
woman to lay a full contact blow. Sparka took careful notes on what this spatula-wielding
girl was planning.
"Her attacks are soooooo predictable." Sparka groaned.
Arrogance is one of Sparka’s down falls and that leads her to underestimate her
foe. She began to fight carelessly while still keeping pace with Ukyou. Within moments
Ukyou found the opening that she was searching for. Sparka was starting to power up
and this is when she struck out. Ukyou unsheathed her enormous spatula. She brought
it around in a menacing arc that Sparka managed to avoid.
"I have a Question for you." Sparka presented to Ukyou.
Ukyou glanced at her slowly pulling a small pouch from one of her belt pockets,
which went unnoticed by Sparka.
"An’ what might that be," Ukyou asked.
"Well how the hell do you fight with this crap. Isn’t all this meant for cooking?"
"Well," Ukyou humped. "Like this!!!! NOODLE LARIAT!!!!" she cried out throwing the
pouch.
The contents exploded in Sparka’s face. Sparka screamed covering her eyes, only to
open them a second later to find Ukyou rushing her again and SMACK the business end
of the spatula made a long awaited contact at the side of Sparka’s face. Sparka stumbled
truing to keep the balance, holding her right cheek. She felt a warm liquid puddle in to
her hand.
She took a look at her right hand, the one that had been holding her face. Blood. Red
sticky and dripping from her hand. The older girl looked back to Ukyou, eyes red from the
noodle lariat and tearing, and blazing with electrical energy. "You… You....
AAAAGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!"
Ukyou back away as Sparka’s rage turned in to pure electricity. Faster than can be followed,
Sparka took hold of Ukyou’s battle spatula with both hands and all of her might yanked
her towards her so that their noses were only two inches apart "YOU… cut me…" Ukyou
could feel charges of electricity run up the metal spatula in to her body. The waves began
to increase, and try as she might the brown haired girl was not able to stifle the cry of
pain that rose to her lips. Sparka relished every moment of it. "DIE BITCH!!!!!!!!!!" The
last pulse was the strongest. And the blast sent Ukyou flying back in to the far wall of the
crystal room.
Ryoga Hibiki had his hands full; one he was fighting an enemy that was constantly
morphing, and two trying to stay as far away from the Ranma, Lee, and Vigor fight as
much as he could. The last thing he needed was to be turned in to a little black piglet in
the heat of battle and in front of Akane. He managed to get his charge over to the far
side of the crystal room. This fight didn’t last long however, this shape shifter hadn’t a clue
on what the Lost Boy could do. The young man’s hidden strength came forth many times.
The shifter changing to almost everything, the last time he changed was a complete
mirror image of himself. Ryoga and Ryoga standing face to face, but the real one knew
that the original will always be better than a copy. That fact coupled with the annoyance
of this jerk constantly changing into something different just got him even more pissed
off.
HP-Ryoga attacked with four bandannas, three being deflected off the Ryoga’s
umbrella one going wild, and way off its mark, heading straight for Incendia, Moose,
Shampoo, and the ‘Flash’. He had no time to call out to them as a razor sharp belt was
being swung at him. That little lack of attention almost caused him his life, thankfully
however a mass of glinting silver flew in from almost nowhere. Ryoga recognized it to be
Ukyou’s battle spatula. It smacked hard in to the neck of HP-Ryoga making him drop in
a limp twitching pile. The shape shifter returned to his original state. The spatula was
soon followed by a flying mop of brown hair which crashed in to the wall ten feet behind
Ryoga.
"UKYOU!!!" He howled running over to her. Then another form flew through the
air colliding with the wall right next to Ukyou. "AKANE!!!!!!" The two girls lay on the cold
floor not moving. The vision of Akane and Ukyou hitting the wall ran through his mind
over and over. The scenes were separate, but by the fifth time they were one. "Ukyou…
Akane…" he whispered. "No they can’t be… God no…" Anger, sadness, fear of a possible
lost love and a caring friend. He crouched over them, shaking their holders. "Akane get
up… Ukyou…" He stood up hands clenched tightly and tears streaming from his eyes. In
his hand a ball of chi energy began to form.
"Akane…"
Ryoga’s gaze found Sparka and the shape shifter, they will pay for this. The energy
grew brighter in his right hand. Sparka and the shifter who had their backs to Ryoga at
the time felt the fast rise in power, and their shadows growing in front of them. They turned
to the source of the light and chi energy, only to find Ryoga with a ball of pure energy
before him. All Sparka could do was say, "Oh, my...".
"SHISHI HOKOUDAN!!!!!!!!" Ryoga yelled releasing the chi ball at its target. Sparka
and HP were slammed in the chest and sent in the other direction with the force of the
blast. Landing them about fifty feet from where they were.
Ryoga ran over to Akane and started to lightly pat her face, trying to get her to
wake up. Ukyou was already starting to regain conscienceless with a painful groan, but
still was not in any condition to move . With his free hand Ryoga pulled her to him and
rested her head on his knee. Under normal circumstances having two women, and
especially Akane, this close would cause a nose-bleed or at least a fainting spell. However
this was different and he kept his cool. Ryoga didn’t realize until he looked around that
when he took out Sparka he also took out one of the shape shifters. "Well that’s two
more out of the way."
Moose, Incendia, and Shampoo, fought as hard as they could against Qué Beck.
Both Shampoo and Incendia were getting really pissed off. Moose was running in circles
because Qué Beck took his glasses and he was doing the same only taunting the trio
weaving in and out of the group. Shampoo made up her mind about what to do with Moose
and was about to slam him in the face to make him stop acting like a moron.
To her surprise however she found the fire girl pound him on the head in a very violent
girl fashion.
"Will you knock that shit off!!!" The girls outburst even made Qué beck stop his taunting.
"For crying out loud if you can’t see you blind bastard, why don’t you invest in CONTACT
LENSES!!!!!!!!!!???????" She screamed in to Moose’s ear so loud that it made his eyes
bulge out of his head.
Incendia could hear Qué Beck laughing and turned to attack him. "And YOU!" She
screamed in his face, ripping the glasses out of his left hand. Then her right leg shot out
and cracked him in the nuts. The young man in black doubled over holding his lower
regions, falling to his knees. Incendia turned and gave Moose his glasses. Then turned back
to Qué Beck and said, "Now can we stop acting like children and fight the right way. ‘Cause if
I don’t kick someone’s ass soon, I swear I’ll kick you in the left maple nut
next time!!!!" she stated pointing her fire blade at Qué Beck.
The young man in black smiled darkly at the young princess of Elementra. "I would
be careful
about running at the mouth ‘KID’."
"Ohh I’m so scared." Incendia mocked.
Mousse stood up after being knocked down by the hot tempered girl. He looked around. He saw
Shampoo and Aeolus fighting a shifter and Benarld. He also saw that Akane was trying
to take on a shape shifter and Ryoga was fighting himself? Oh he understood, just like
Copy Cat Ken, the shifter was stealing Ryoga’s moves. The both of them were fast. He
saw the copy pull out the razor sharp bandannas and throw. Three went towards Ryoga
, but the forth one was heading this way. Right for the Incendia and Qué Beck, who
were currently in an insulting match.
"YOU ARE SUCH AN ASS…!!??" As Incendia yelled she heard Mousse yelled, "DUCK!"
She began to turn just in time for the bandanna to graze her check and chop half of
her pony tail off.
"My hair? MY HAIR!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. "YOU BASTARD!"
Qué Beck started to double over with laughter. "Man that was great!"
Incendia went to turn around and kill the shifter who cut her hair, but there was no need.
A huge spatula came flying across the room, knocking HP down. A flying Ukyo then
followed
smacking the wall, followed by Akane hitting right next to Ukyou.
Meanwhile as Ukyo and Akane went flying into the wall, Shampoo was caught in
a tornado. "AIYAHHHHHH!" Shampoo screamed as she turned round and round.
"Yes, that’s it my puppet, take care of the annoying Amazon." Benarld said with smirk.
Aeolous attacked with blank eyes. He was now under the control of Benarld, the traitorous
brother of King Jove. As if Aeolous was blowing out birthday candles he was creating
and maintaining a twister.
"AIYAHHH!" Shampoo screamed again.
"SHAMPOO!" Mousse yelled running towards the tornado, but Epson, the last standing
shape shifter stood in his way. Mousse was in no mood to deal with this guy, so he
whipped out metal claws and started to attack.
"Hey, I can do that!" Epson voiced as his hands started to shift into Feddy Curger like
hands. They clashed, sparks began to fly from the metal claws clanging together.
Mousse fought harder then he had imagine he ever had to. The cries from Shampoo
were empowering him.
"I bet…. *Clang,* ….that Chinese, *Ding, the metal claws sang* ….Amazon…."Shrienk* …gives
great head." The shape shifter said smiling as he fought.
"Mousse’s eyes bulged with anger. "Nobody talks that way about Shampoo! NOBODY!!!"
He roared with anger. Mousse’s claws almost seem to grow in front of Epson’s eyes.
Epson released that was probably the wrong thing to say. Mousse swung at the shift,
he dodge, but Mousse came around again. With a slice of his claws the metal claw like
hand of Epson was severed.
"AHHHH!" He bellowed. Green like blood immediately started to flow from his hand.
Epson grabbed his wrist, but Mousse elbowed him knocking the shifter to the ground
and knocking him out. The severed claw hand oozed with green blood and like slim
moved back to rejoin with the rest of the body.
"AIYAH! YOU STOP NOW!" Shampoo yelled trying to snap the King out of his trance,
but it didn’t work. She was getting dizzy and couldn’t get out of this attack. Mousse came
running over yelling at Aeolous.
"Hey, you stopped doing that to my beautiful Shampoo!"
Nothing, but vacate eyes.
"Hey!" Mousse was about to attack him when Aeolous turned his head and blow Mousse
halfway across the room away from him.
"Okay you want to play rough!" He started to run towards the King but Shampoo yelled,
"Stupid Mouse! Not King’s fault! IS MAN IN THE CORNER!"
Mousse stopped short and looked over to where Shampoo was trying to point. She was
right, there was a man, about the King’s age with blond hair waving his hands around.
The old man was controlling the King, he must of been the one who was controlling Kayko
when she first met Shampoo. She almost killed her and the old ghoul, but Kayko manage
to force him out. King Aeolous must not have the ability to do so. Mousse attacked by
pulling out chains within his robe and binding Benarld.
"HEY!" He yelled, facing back at Aeolous, "Aeolous, come take care of this annoyance."
He demanded. Aeolous turned around, letting the tornado fade letting Shampoo fall to
the ground.
"Oof!"
The King began to release a powerful blast of wind at Mousse, forcing him flat against
the wall. The jagged crystal pieces began to break the skin on his back, arms and legs.
Shampoo stood upright, still a little dizzy, saw what the King of Elemetra was doing.
"STOP! She yelled trying to break his attack. It was no good. She somehow managed
to end up right next to Mousse, feeling the crystal in her back.
In the meantime, Incendia was royally pissed that her hair had just been cut off,
and that Qué Beck was getting a laugh at it. When she started to control herself she
noticed that the ‘Road Runner’ wasn’t around her but near Ryoga.
Ryoga’s blood turned cold as the looked up to see a guy not much older than
himself in a black gi. He had nothing left to defend himself or the two girls that lay on the
floor next to him. He used it up with that gigantic chi attack.
The guy laughed, "If I win, I get both of your chicks! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!"
"What?" Ryoga questioned, he didn’t have time to comprehend the guy’s statement.
The next thing he knew was that being held by his tattered clothes, off the ground.
"How’s bout a game of Football?" With and evil look Qué Beck drew his right leg back
and punted Ryoga halfway across the room to about where Incendia was.
"It’s GOOD! OH Yeah, Who’s the man! Who’s the man! BOO YA!" Qué Beck declared
throwing his hand up in the air and doing a little NFL dance.
Incendia’s anger was growing, even more so when Qué Beck just did to Ryoga.
She like him, he was cute and strong guy, it could of worked out. Maybe in her young
adolescent mind. He landed near her. he was beat up pretty bad, but he was awake.
"AHHHH!" She screamed. He hair burned wildly as a bright red glow started to illuminate
from her aura.
Hecate notice the young princess as her power level grew. There was something of
interest with this girl. She would have to make a note of it.
Incendia power level was almost at her maximum. Lee looked over and saw
what his sister was doing. "NOO! You’re not strong enough!" He yelled as he tried to
l;dodge energy blast from Vigor. Incendia, however, was not listening. She was at her
max, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "PHOENIX REBIRTH!" The red glow turned
bright yellow as it shot out towards Benald and Qué Beck, who were standing near each
other. The yellow light engulf them causing them the scream as well. Their battle aura’s
started to glow yellow then a bright orange. Two ray shot out of their bodies and split apart
in the air. Each ray emitted smaller rays forcing renewal energy into her fallen and tired
teammates. After the last bit of energy she took form them she collapsed to the ground.
Not only did it drain her enemy’s power, but this attack also leaves her drained as well.
Incendia’s father woke up from his trance and released what he was doing to
Mousse and Shampoo. Ryoga sat up saw from across the room Akane and Ukyo
standing up. He glanced towards Ranma to see how he was doing with Vigor. Lee
was trying hand to hand combat, which wasn’t a great move.
Lee’s water attack that ricocheted off of Vigor, took Ranma out of his shock. The
16-year-old martial artist felt more hurt and angry than he ever did in his life. Ranma
shook his head clear of its thoughts, "Calm down Ranma," He told himself, "And kick
that son of a bitch’s ass the right way." He rushed Vigor then emotions on the wayside to
be dealt with later. "I will win, VIGOR YOU’LL PAY FOR THIS!!!!" Ranma started to
focus all his energy on his hands where a spear of chi energy began to form.
"LEE GET DOWN!!!"
Lee trying with all his strength to slow this jerk down, but nothing was working.
Even when he and Ranma attacked, Vigor managed to overpower them. Lee noticed
Ranma changing direction, hoping to confuse Vigor. "Try to keep him on you, try to
keep him on you." Lee thought to himself. For a minute it seem to be working, Ranma
had an opening. He as going to nail him, but Vigor released what was happening. Out
of the corner of his eye he saw the alien Ranma coming towards him. He began to
concentrate and build up enough energy to block his kick and block Lee’s attacks. He
pushed Lee back, enough time for him to grab Ranma leg and send him flying.
Lee focused. He needed to get in closer. He began to concentrate and he threw
his water Lee automatically followed up with hand to hand combat. He was pissed.
No one deserves to die in such a way, and nobody has the right to take life as they
please. The blue haired boy taking advantage of vigor’s disorientation from his water
attack struck out at Vigor. Lee felt a very satisfying smack when his fist made solid contact
with the other’s jaw. Vigor stumbled a little but righted himself to block the other strikes
that the Elementra Prince threw at him.
Vigor smiled evilly at the boy, " what’sa matter boy," he said around blocking and
attacking. "Did she do something for you?" Vigor grabbed both of Lee’s hands holding
them tightly and getting tighter.
"You bastard, WHY?!"
"Because I wanted power, and this was the only way I could get it." Vigor stated
nonchalantly. "Besides you and your little buddies will soon join her, in the underworld."
Vigor’s hands were like vices around Lee’s hands, and Lee wasn’t winning this test of
strength. He could feel two or three bones break under the pressure, he gritted his teeth
refusing to cry out.
"LEE GET DOWN!!"
The voice came from his left; he hazarded a glance in the direction. Ranma’s chi was
flaring a bright almost blinding blue. He knew what the pigtailed boy planed to do. Lee
smacked his forehead in to Vigor’s nose, making Vigor to let go of his hands and setting
him free.
"MOKO TAKABISHA!!!!" Ranma yelled releasing a powerful ball of chi and aiming for
Vigor. He was determined to make him pay for killing Kayko. Lee was also throwing
everything into this fight. He was pissed and made sure Vigor knew it.
"TSUNAIME PUNCH!" Lee screamed focusing his power to form a huge hand like
mass of water. He moved his hand and the water hand followed the exact movements.
With might he throw a punch that hit Vigor straight on. Vigor couldn’t block all of it and
knock him down. That pissed him off even more. With a single wave of his hand Lee
was picked up and thrown across the room hitting the center alter piece, hard.
Lee was struggling to regain his balance. If Vigor wasn’t occupied with Ranma he would
of surly killed him. But he was occupied and Ranma was giving him a run for his money.
He shook his head, trying to get into to focus again. He hit the alter pretty hard.
If it was in it’s original position, flat, he would of missed and most likely would of hit the
jagged pieces of the crystals on the walls. He got back on his feet and notice the red
stain all over his pants. Blood, but not his. It was Kayko’s blood that was in the crystal
bowl beneath her. She still hung on the alter limp, neck still bleeding. He couldn’t stand
to see her like this, or anyone for that matter. He place one hand on her the shackle
around her ankle and his other hand on the shackle around her wrist, He began to
concentrate, in a matter of seconds the chains were encased in ice. He then smashed
them as hard as he could, breaking the chains. He did this until she was free. Her
body laid limp on him while he moved her to the floor. Lee took his right hand and ripped
his left sleeve off. Using it as a bandage, he tied it around her neck to stop the bleeding.
He began to push aside her blond bangs the stuck to her forehead. He never met her,
but it almost seem he knew her. He wished he had known her, he thought. What a
shame, someone so young, someone so beautiful. No one deserved this. He looked at
her and a single tear escaped his eye, falling to her cheek. Lee grew angry, he got up
and was determined to make the mad man pay. He who cause so much suffering would
receive his punishment. "AAAHHHHHHH!" Lee screamed, joining the battle once again.
"Ah! You little bastard!" Vigor yelled. He was growing tired and annoyed with
these fools thinking they can beat him. However, he was straining his powers with the
many attempts of his foes. "That is it! I am tired of this, I will send you all to a dimension
far away from here so I don’t have to see your ugly faces anymore.
Vigor attached the Head Piece to his forehead. "TRUINE POWER HERE ME!"
he yelled. The staff, the jewel on his forehead and the ring all started to glow a bright
green-blue. "I think I will send you all to the depths of HELL!"
Ranma and Lee continued to attack Vigor but there was a force was blocking
them from touching him. Everyone one else stopped fighting, even Benald and Qué
Beck ceased their fight.
"With my power aiding the Triune Power, I can control this world, and so many more!"
Vigor yelled ,his eyes were glowing white, his wicked smile on his face made his own
brother shudder
"VIGOR! With that amount of power you are going to send us along with them, you must
stopped the power flow!" Qué Beck yelled.
"NO!"
"No?"
"You heard me! You all have been a pain in my ass for the last time!"
"What about Sparka!" Qué Beck yelled pointed to Sparka unconscious on the floor.
"Please, her kind are a dime a dozen. I can have any women I want."
"AHHH! STOP HIDDING BEHIND THIS FORCE FIELD YOU BASTARD!" Ranma
roared, hitting the force field with all his might.
"In good time, my boy. In good time."
"AHHHHH!" Ranma screamed back.
"Ranma stop you have to control yourself!" Hollered Akane, who woke up in time to see
the fireworks.
Vigor’s force field forced everyone in front or to the sides of him. He was
standing about ten feet away from the center of the room. Where Hecate floated close by.
"Give it to them Baby!" she called out.
"WITH THE POW…..AHHHHHH!" Vigor violently screamed. The light that surrounded
him was fading, and appearing behind him. Kayko’s body started to be encased in the
bright green-blue, almost white, light.
"What?" Vigor questioned, turning around, not only seeing the young girl’s body
surrounded with light but floating as well.
Kayko’s body hung in the air with the white light around her. She started to turn
upright, like the way she first came to Nerima, through Ranma’s mind. Levitating in the
air her blond braid started to untie and flow. The back of her hair started to grow to it
reached her lower back. Her black pants and purple silk shirt started to spread and turn
into a flowing green and white dress. She still hung in the air, but she wasn’t Kayko
anymore, even though she still had her face. Ranma could tell.
The bandage around her neck that Lee tied on earlier fell off, revealing a whole
neck. Not even a scar was left.
"What the….?" A dumbfounded Ranma asked.
Her eyes shot open, no more the beautiful blue color, but glowing emerald green.
"Ah..Hell!" Hecate cursed, raising from her laying position. "I guess I should get into
costume." With a snap of her fingers, Hecate’s long sliver dress was gone, but in place
was a, purple and black, well fitted hunting outfit. "Now that’s more like warrior to wear."
"Well sis, how nice of you to join us." Hecate said smirking.
To be continued…
Next Chapter: To piss a goddess off is not wise.
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Authors note: Well hello all you lovely people out there. Okay grammar isn’t my thing. I
can’t help it, damn it I’m a artiest not a English teacher. Sorry if you didn’t like to whole
blood thing, but a little violence didn’t kill anyone….wait a minute it did. Oh well. See you
next time, same Ranma story, same Ranma time.
****Moves*****
Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken (Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire Punch): This is a
technique taught to Ranma by Cologne. The move involves punching so quickly that
one could grab chestnuts from an open fire without getting burned. Obviously, that's
pretty darn fast.
Moko Takabisha (Fierce Tiger Ball): Ranma invented this technique himself as a
countermeasure to Ryouga's Shishi Hokoudan technique. Ranma draws upon his
confidence and determination, and releases it in the form of a ball of chi energy.
TSUNAIME PUNCH ----Tsunami, meaning a very large ocean wave caused by underwater
earthquakes or volcanic explosions. [Japanese] One of Lee’s more powerful moves.
Requires concentration to form the water hand. If enough concentration is used the
water hand can become an ice hand. This move is called ‘Arctic Hand’.
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